Antigone Rising

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Antigone Rising
Origin New York, NY
Genres Rock, Alternative Country
Years active 1993–present
Labels Lava Records/Atlantic Records
Hear Music
Blackheart Records
Website Official Antigone Rising website
Members
Kristen Henderson
Cathy Henderson
Dena Tauriello
Nini Camps
Past members
Jen Zielenbach
Penelope "Peppy" Kokines
Suzanne Obolsky
Ann-Marie Stehn
Cassidy

Antigone Rising is an all-female New York City based rock band. Their music is influenced by classic rock from the 1970s such as The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, mixed with pop overtones and at times folk and country elements. As of 2011, the band consists of Kristen Henderson on bass guitar/bg vocals, Cathy Henderson on lead guitar/bg vocals, Dena Tauriello on drums and Nini Camps on rhythm guitar and lead vocals. The band released a studio CD in August, 2011 called "23 Red" - funded through over $40K of fan donations - enabling the band to create their own record label, 'Rising Shine Records.' "23 Red" is distributed through Joan Jett's Blackheart Record label (MMD). Starting October 6, 2011, Starbucks worldwide will add two songs from "23 Red" into regular in-store rotation ("Everywhere is Home" & "Gracefully").

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[edit] History

History of Antigone Rising The band originally met at Bucknell University and formed in New York City's Greenwich Village in 1993, with sisters Cathy (guitar) and Kristen Henderson (guitar/drums) as the primary force, with Penelope "Peppy" Kokines taking lead vocals and Suzanne Obolsky on vocals and percussion.

The band is primarily known as a touring band, at one time performing 260 shows a year. They earned a dedicated fanbase early on that follows them from concert to concert along the East Coast and increasingly across the country. Fans refer to the band simply as "AR" or "Antigone".

Their first four albums were recorded mostly with independent labels and financed through fan donations. In 2003 they signed up with Lava Records after label president Jason Flom spotted them playing at one of their gigs. In 2005, they became the first artists to be promoted in Starbucks' Hear Music Series, created to discover and spotlight new music. The high visibility, exclusive sale, in-store promotion and airplay at Starbucks across the country helped the band's acoustic EP From the Ground Up sell over 450,000 copies by the end of 2005. The album's single, "Don't Look Back," was very popular among country audiences, and its video received heavy airplay on CMT.

[edit] Touring

Antigone Rising have shared the stage with Joan Jett, The Rolling Stones, moe., Rob Thomas, Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers and The Bangles.[1] They performed at Lilith Fair 1998 and SXSW 2005 and have co-written with Chris Trapper of The Push Stars and Rob Thomas.

[edit] Current status

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In April 2010, Antigone Rising released an EP titled Live From NYC - recorded live at The Bitter End. In November 2010, the band released a Christmas single, titled "This Christmas", which is being serviced to Triple A radio and is gaining airplay. Most recently, in August 2011, Antigone Rising released their latest CD "23 Red," produced by Gary Philips. The CD was recorded through fan donations in which the band raised over $40K. The money allowed the girls to release "23 Red" on their own 'Rising Shine' record label, and have it distributed worldwide via Joan Jett's Blackheart Record Label (MMD).

The band's bass player, Kristen Henderson, has written a memoir for Simon & Schuster (Free Press imprint) titled Times Two. The book chronicles the journey she and her partner, Sarah Ellis, took to start a family - eventually getting pregnant on exactly the same day and giving birth to their son and daughter. The book hit stores on April 5, 2011.

[edit] Members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • She's Gone A Little Mad (1996)
  • Snapshot (1998)
  • New and Used (1999)
  • Rock Album (2000)
  • SaY iT! an-TIG-uh-nee (2002) (live)
  • Antigone Rising's Traveling Circus (2003) (live)
  • From the Ground Up (2005) (acoustic live recording at Sony Music Studios, NYC)
  • Tales from Wonderland (2008) (unreleased)
  • Live From NYC (EP) (2010) (recorded live at The Bitter End in NYC, includes 1 studio track)
  • This Christmas (2010) (download only single)
  • 23 Red (August 2011)

[edit] Singles

  • "Don't Look Back" (off "From The Ground Up" 5/11/05)
  • "This Christmas" (2010)
  • "Everywhere Is Home" (off "23 Red" 8/5/11)

[edit] Antigone Rising "Move That Bus" Episodes

Antigone Rising - Move That Bus - Ep. 5 - Tonight, We Bowl!
Antigone Rising - Move That Bus - Ep. 4 - BandanaGate 2010
Antigone Rising's "Move That Bus" - Ep. 2 - Stu-Stu-Studio
Antigone Rising's "Move That Bus" Ep. 1 - BIRD DROPPINGS

[edit] Guest appearances

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Bangles Still Play With Spirit Of The '80s". Hartford Courant. 2009-05-27. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-soundbangles.artmay28,0,2865662.story. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 

[edit] External links

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